''The Journal of Commonwealth Literature'' (''JCL'') is a quarterly

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that covers the field of

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, especially

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and

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literatures, including colonial discourse and translational studies. The journal's

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are Claire Chambers (

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) and Rachael Gilmour (

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). Alastair Niven was the main articles editor from 1978 to 1991. He was succeeded in the role by its longest serving editor, John Thieme (University of Hull; London South Bank University), who was editor-in-chief from 1992 to 2011. It was established in 1966 by Norman Jeffares and Arthur Ravenscroft at Heinemann. In 1970, ''JCL'' began being published by

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. Hanz Zell became the publisher of ''JCL'' in 1979. Zell was acquired by K. G. Saur Verlag the following year. After Saur was acquired by

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in 1987, its British division was merged with the British holdings of sister publisher

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to form

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acquired Bowker-Saur in 2001. ''JCL'' has been published by

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since 2003.

Abstracting and indexing

''The Journal of Commonwealth Literature'' is abstracted and indexed in: *

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/Arts & Humanities * Humanities Index * Periodicals Content Index *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal of Commonwealth Literature, The SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1966 Commonwealth of Nations journals